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LXXXVIII— No. 295 10 PAGES Da X®?er p *t ß the d ?£.t offlce re at a Aa B r e riaburK laas HARRISBURG, PA. SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1919. o e cents* 3 HOME EDITION
OPERATORS CHARGE
EXCESS PRICES FOR
COAL, IT IS SAID
Bills Rendered Show Higher Rates Than
Those Set by Government When
Recent Strike Began
RESTRICTIONS MODIFIED
AND TRAINS TO BE RESTORED
By Associated Press
Washington, Dee. 13. Prices
charged by coal operators since gov
ernment control was restored be
cause of the strike are being scru
tinized closely by officials of the rail
road administration and probably
will be submitted to the Department
of Justice.
Bills being rendered by the op
orators are said by officials to specify
prices higher in many instances than
set by the government and investiga
tion will be made to determine
whether the increased prices are
justified by existing contracts in all
cases.
Discrepancies in prices have been
tine cause, according to officials, of
the financial embarrassment of
which the operators have been com
plaining. Heeonsignment of coal,
especially when shipped from the
east to the west, causing a delay in
payment, also has been a factor.
Director General Hines has changed
the method of payment for railroad
coal from a monthly to a weekly
basis to assist the operntors in this
respect.
A delegation of operators confer
red to-day with officials of the War
Finance Corporation regarding pos
sible financial advances by the gov
ernment. After the meeting it was
said there probably would be no
necessity for any such action, as
other ways of meeting the situation
had been pointed out.
May Itaisc Some Prices
F. 15. Ilarkness, counsel for the
fuel administration, announced dur
ing the day that prices of coal con
tracted for by purchasers prior to
the resumption of government price
tlxing could bo legally raised to ab
sorb the cost of the 14 per cent, in
crease in miners" wages granted un
der the strike settlement. Coal
mined on contract, It was said, in
most cases bore a price below the
government maximum of $2.35 per
ton mine-run, and contracts ordi
nurly carried a clause binding the
purchasers to pay additions in labor
costs incurred after their making.
Fuel administration statistics, it was
said, indicated that even after the
addition of extra labor costs created
by the 14 per cent, increase, the
largest pgrtion of the contract coal
still would be sold below the $2.35
maximum.
The government itself, through the
railroad administration, which con
sumes normally 31 per cent, of all
coal mined, will pay the largest
amounts under the ruling, it was
pointed out. The War Department
contracts were said to give power
to the Secretary of War to make ad
justments and as the settlement had
the support of the administration,
it was assumed that Secretary Baker
would approve (he increase. Much
of tho Navy Department's coal is
being commandeered and some of
the supply is mined in the Pocahon
las field which is nonunion. Private
and industrial consumers, supplied
by contract coal, will in most cases
pay the increase. A small amount
of high class coal, under the ruling,
it was explained would be sold for
a higher price than the government
Maximum.
J. A. Affleck, Critically
111, Undergoes Serious
Operation in Hospital
John A. Affleck. 32 North Six
teenth street, president of the Har
rishurg Shoe Manufacturing Com
pany. and connected with a number
of other financial institutions, is in
a critical condition in the Harris
burg Hospital, following an opera
tion for intestinal trouble.
Mr. Affleck played an important
part in the development of the Alli
son Hill district. For many years
he was head of the city water de
partment, and has been a prominent
factor dn Republican city politics. He
is oneiiof thffounders of the Har
risburjßi ShoefjManu fact tiring Co., of
which (lie is president.
NORTHWISST RELEASER
By Associated Press
Chicago, Dec. 13.—-Orders remov
ing all restrictions on the use of
light, heat and power from bitumin
ous coal in the entire northwest
region were issued this morning bv
T. W. Proctor and O. W. Reed, of
the regional coal committee. The
orders will take effect at 12 01
o'clock Monday morning. The orders
were sent to all public utilities and
railroads in the region.
ITHEWEATHFITI
Ifnrrlshurg „„,i vicinity"! 1t,.1„
this afternoon. Fair nnd much
colder to-niglit and Suiiilim
Lowest temperature to-niglit
iiViout (loKrcrN,
Fasten, Pennsylvania! null, fol
'F clearing and much
colder to-night. Sunday fair and
colder. Strong southwest shift
ing to northwest winds.
Hlveri The Susquehanna river and
all Its branches wdll probably
" ' slonly or remain nenrly
stationary except the upper
west hrnneh which will rise
somewhat this afternoon anil
probably begin to fall to-night.
A stage of a ho, it feet Is In
dicated for Hnrrishurg Sundnv
morning.
Highways! Snow is forecast on
l.lncoln Highway between Ifnr
rlshiirg and Pittsburgh for to-
1 MANY MINERS IN
CENTRAL PA. RETURN
Altooon. Pa., Dec. 13.—Reports
I indicate Fifty per cent, of the coal
miners at Hroud Top, Punxsutaw
! ney. South Fork. Allegheny River.
Onllitzin, Bakerton, Spangler and
Wilmore, are at work. In Barnes
boro district, the men will start
on Monday. Plenty of cars are
available at all the mines and the
operators are trying to hurry pro
duction.
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ENABLE PLANTS
TO RESUME FULL
TIME ON MONDAY
All Industries May Re Sup
plied With Coal as Far as
It Is Available
By Associated Press
Washington, Dec. 13.—A1l indus
j tries may be supplied with coal for
I their emergency needs as far as
! coal is available in any section for
that purpose, under orders issued
to-day by the- central coal commit
tee. This order removed the restric
tions which have denied coal to all
industries except those in the five
I preferred classes.
Complete Resumption
The committee announced that
companies must continue to make
application to the roads which have
been supplying them with fuel. It
is expected that the new order will
result In almost complete resumption
of manufacturing next week.
IJftiug Restrictions
Information received to-day by
the railroad administration indi
cated that restrictions on the use of
light, heat and power would be re
moved and normal train service re
sumed in all districts by 1 a. m.
Monday. Regional directors were
given discretionary authority last
night to lift the restrictions when
the fuel situation warranted.
To l.ift Restriction*
Removal of all restrictions in the
use of fuel for heat and light was
.authorized by Director General of the
Railroads Walker D. Hines, to go in
to effect in the various parts of he
country a room as the situation war
rents at the discretion of the sev
eral regional directors.
Telegraphic instructions have been
sent to the regional directors from
the Railroad Administration to this
effect.
One result regarded likely is an im
mediate rescinding of the restrictive
regulations in Philadelphia. New
York, Boston, Washington and other
cities of the East, where coal stocks
are comparatively plentiful. In many
instances the local authorities are
expected to give their order to-night.
In parts of the West where the
shortage has been most pronounced
the return to normal will be ac
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: All Restrictions in
This Region Lifted
by Coal Director
By Associated Press
New York, Dec. 13.—A1l restric
tions on the use of bituminous coal
in the eastern region comprising all
territory east of Chicago and north
of the Ohio river, were removed to
day by A. T. Hardin, regional fuel
and railroad director.
Train service will be resumed
virtually as usual Monday with the
exception of the 20th Century Limit
ed between New York and Chicago.
Lights may be burned as usual.
Hard at Work
By Associated Press
Indianapolis, Dec. 13. —With mines
in Indiana hoisting coal at a rate
fast approaching normal, rfetall
stores in Indianapolis to-day were
permitted to resume their regulur
hours and, on authority of the Re
gional Fuel Director for the Alle
gheny region, withdrawal of all re
strictions on light, heat and power
was expected in the State by Mon
day. Production of coal in indinna
yesterday was fifty per cent, of nor
mal and many mines had not yet
completed preparations for hoisting.
FEW AT MINES IN OHIO
By Associated Press
Columbus, 0., Dec. 13.—Few
miners returned to work in Ohio
soft coal mines to-day, but union
officials predicted that practically
all of the mines in this Stute would
be running full blast Monday de
spite the action of several hundred
miners in Eastern Ohio in voting
to remain on strike.
HICKSON TO ARRIVE '
IN CITY SI'NHAY
James Moore Hickson. prayer
healer, who is to be at St. Stephen's
Episcopal Church next week, will
arrive in time to speak at the Sunday
evening service. A telegram 1o this
effect has just heen received by tho
Rev. Koilin A. Sawyer, rector of the
ch'
Another Case of "Personal Liberty" or Prohibition
ALLIES WILL .
ACCEPT SOME
RESERVATIONS
Willing to Do Everything in
Order America May Take
Part in Sessions
By Associated Press
Paris, Dec. 13. —As a result of the
conference being held at London by
Premiers Lloyd George and Clemen
ceau, the American government will
be notified that, In order to facili
tate a compromise between adverse
parties in the American Senate, the
Allies are willing to accept to as
great an extent as possible some of
the reservations to the Versailles
Treaty made by the foreign relations
committee, according to the Matin.
Will I>o Everything
It is said the Allies will "do every
thing in order that America may
participate in future conferences."
Important problems, the newspa
per says, shall henceforth be set
tled by a council of the premiers
of France, England and Italy. This
council will meet some times in
Paris, and sometimes in London, and
will examine principally Russian and
Turkish problems.
In the presence of John W. Davis,
I T . S. ambassador to Great Britain,
it is said Premiers Clemenceau and
Lloyd George assured Vitteri Scial
oia. Italian foreign minister, that
there was a necessity for an early
settlement of the Fiume problem,
and indicated England would inter
cede with the United States for Italy.
Signor Scialoia will leave for Rome
to-day to lay the matter before his
government.
The spirit which prevails at the
London conference, the Matin says,
is good and the necessity for close
co-operation by the Allies is recog
nized. *
Hope to Collect All
Accumulated Ashes by
Maintaining New Schedule
Ashes which have accumulated in
backyards during the last few weeks
will be collected and regular sched
ules will be maintained after that H.
F. Sheeeley. superintendent of the
bureau of ash and garbage inspection,
said to-day, with the announcement
also that new equipment was sent
out yesterday.
Five new wagons each with con
tents of five cubic yards recently
purchased by the city were used for
the first time yesterday. The present
collection equipment includes nine
five cubic yard wagons; nine three
cubic yard wagons and three two
yard carts. With these wagons about
400 cubic yards of ashes can he re
moved daily It is estimated by Mr.
Sheesley.
The schedule of collections for
next year will depend on the appro
priation made In the 1920 budget It
Is planned to maintain a ten-day
schedule during the winter, if pos
sible
XO CALENDARS
ATTENTION of theTeiegraph
has been called to the fact
that Telegrapl\ subscribers
are being approached by boys,
who are not employed by this
newspaper, with the request that
the subscribers purchase a calen
dar which the boy is said to ex
plain is the Christinas greeting
from the Telegraph carrier.
Subscribers are requested to
refrain from purchasing any cal
endars or other articles so offer
ed and to at once inform the
Telegraph of the circumstances
along with the boy's name if
possible.
Telegraph carriers are suitably
rewarded by the Telegraph each
year at Christmas for good serv
ice and the old practice of the
boys selling calendars was dis
continued by the Telegraph two
years ago, when the present sub
station plan of distribution was
established.
INVALID LEFT 3
DAYS BY WOMAN
WHO KILLED SELF
Brother Who Could Not Leave
Bed Knows Nothing of
Her Death
An invalid brother lay uncared
for three days while his sister, Mrs.
J. M. Bitner, 48 years old, of 1431
North Second street, was dead in her
bed with a bullet in her brain. The
woman was found by her husband
when lie returned home last night
from a two weeks' hunting trip. A
revolver, tightly clasped in one hand,
together with a note, furnished evi
dence of suicide.
The invalid brother was found in
a bed in an adjoining bedroom, in
a helpless condition. lie had not
heard the shot, and knew nothing
of the affair. He is unable to speak
clearly and can throw little light
on the entire matter.
May Ik* Dead Four Days
Just how long the woman hast
been dead has not been definitely
determined. City police are of the
opinion that the deed must have
been committed three or four days
prior to the finding of the body,
while Coroner Eekinger maintains
that the woman had not been dead
more than thirty-six hours.
No motive bus been assigned for
the deed. She was in the best of
spirits when her husband left for
his hunting trip, he said to-day.
Coroner Eekinger expresses the
opinion that she committed the deed
while in a lit of melancholy. She
does not have the appearance of a
woman in the best of health and
this may have prompted the deed,
the Coroner says.
WORKING COI.MI'.Kir.S
H)/ Associated Press
Springfield. 111., Dec. 1,3. —Miners
throughout Illinois reported ut the
shafts to-day nnd continued the
work begun yesterduy of producing
coal. J
'EUCLID LODGE
OF MASONS TO
BE CHARTERED
I
: Thirty-four Charter Members
Enrolled in the New
Organization
Officers of the Grand Hodge of
Free and Accepted Masons in Penn
j sylvania will constitute a new lodge
| in this city, which will be known as
j Euclid Dodge, No. 698, next Tuesday
jat noon. A large number of Masons
I will be in attendance. There will be
j an unusual number of grand lodge
j officers present, The stations and
I places will be filled as follows:
| James B. Krause, grand master;
| John B. Sell, deputy grand master;
j Abraham M. Beitler, senior grand
j warden; Samuel M. Goodyear, junior
grand warden; Thomas It. Patton,
I grand treasurer; John A. Perry,
I grand secretary; the Rev. Thomas
| iteisch, grand chaplain; William S.
| Snyder, senior grand deacon; Rich
ard E. Cochran, junior grand deacon;
pThaddeus G. Helm, grand steward;
IJ. Simpson Kline, grand steward;
| George B. Wells, grand marshal;
i Frederic A. Godcharles, grand
sword-bearer; Dietrick Ramade,
grand pursuivant; William B. Jos
lyn, grand tyler.
The new lodge starts off with
tliiry-four charter members, and the
officers already selected are as fol
lows: George Ross Hull, worshipful
master; John H. Nixon, senior war
den; John A. F. Hall, junior war
; den; Frank N. Matter, secretary;
! Ralph W. Dowdell, treasurer,
j The music for the occasion will
Ibe furnished by a Masonic double
i quartet, under the leadership of <'.
j Dinford Scott, tlie members of the
.quartet being John P. Gibson. Aii
) gustus G. Sliantz, Walter K. Dle
j trie*, Fred F. Blitz, Claude It. En
; gle, John N. Kinnard and Samuel S.
! Fackler, and Frederick J. Kramer,
| organist.
The membership of the new lodge
jis made up of Masons who have
withdrawn from the other Masonic
I lodges in the city of Harrisburg and
! various lodges in Pennsylvania out
! side of Harrisburg, as well as from
j lodges in other states.
Woman Dead Three Days
When Husband Returns
From a Hunting Trip
A bullet wound through her right
! temple, the body of Mrs. Mary Bit
) ner, 47 years old, 1431 North Sec
, ond street, was found In bed last
I night by her husband, J. M. Bitner,
!on his return from a two-weeks'
• hunting trip. She had been dead
! from 36 hours to three days It is
I believed.
! That it was a plain case of sut
| ride, is the opinion expressed to
j day by police authorities and Ooro
! ner Eekinger. A revolver was lying
jon the bed beside her. The woman
i 's believed by Coroner Eekinger to
have been melancholy, probably
caused by an illness. The appearance
of the body Indicates that had
ibeen 111, the Coroner says.
TWO AMERICANS
AMONG CAPTIVES
| HELD BY VILLA
;\Vith an Englishman and
Eight Mexicans; Must Pay
SIO,OOO Each
! 1
I TAKEN IN MUSQUIZ RAID
Eagle Pass Resident and a
Ranch Foreman Are Lat
j
1 est Victims of Bandits
!
Hy Associated Press
\ Eagle Pass, Texas, Dec. 13.—Two
; Americans and an Englishman are
1 reported among the men taken by
i Villistas in the raid last Tuesday
lon Muzquiz, state of Coalmila, and
j who are now held for ransom.
I The Americans reported held by
the bandits were R. B. Ransom, rep
j resenting the Eagle Pass Dumber
1 Company, and Kred CI. Hugo, man
| ager of the J. M. Bobies ranch. One
j unconfirmed report said the Eng
l lishman, whose name was not given,
i had been released.
! Eight Mexican- Bold
Advices received here to-day said
j eight Mexicans also were held for
| ransom. Ten thousand dollars each,
jit was reported, was demanded for
I release of the Americans and the
; Englishman, and live thousand dol
| lars each for the Mexicans.
1 No official report as to casualties
j and prisoners in the fighting between
j Federals and Villistas had been re
ceived in Pledras Negrus last night,
and details of the engagement were
meager.
Consul Seguin's statement that
. Francisco Villa commanded the
1 troops operating around Muzquiz was
| tile first intimation that the bandit
chieftain was in that section. Pre-
I vious repors said Hipolito Villa com
i manded these forces.
The Villistas who captured Muz
! quiz, Coahuila. Tuesday were driven
'out of the town yesterday, atid have
i fled to the mountains.
British Steamer Is
Sinking in Atlantic;
Another Runs Aground!
By Associated Press
Boston, Dec. 13.—A radio message
received here to-day said the British
steamer Messina was sinking in the
North Atlantic and would require
boats. The message said it would be
impossible to save her.
New York, Dec. 13.—The British
steamer Ldessina to-day sent out an
S. O. S. call which was-picked up
here. The steamship Mapleleaf an
swered, saying she was making three
knots an hour und would reach her
in 20 hours. The Messina gave her
position as Latitude 47.22 north and
Longitude 42.30 west.
This position is approximately 430
i miles off the New Foundland coast,
j The Messina, a 4,271 tons steamer,
i left St. Johns, N. 8., on December 5
| for Antwerp. She is owned by the
j Quit Line, Limited.
I New York, Dec. 13.—The British
steamship Grangepark to-day ran
| ashore on Long Island seven miles
i east of Ambrose Channel light. The
Iship sent out calls for assistance,
j but stated that she was in no im
mediate danger. The Grangepark is
] a vessel of 3,172 net tons and was
last reported at Barry on November
11.
A later report from the Grange
park, was that her position was
"dangerous" and that tugs were need
ed. Captain Byron L. Reed, com
mandant of the coast guard service,
dispatched a cutter to the scene.
The rising tide had driven the ves
sel further upon the beach at 11
o'clock and she was sending out dis
tress signals for tugs. The crew was
still on hoard at that time.
The Grangepark is ashore on the
east side of Jones' Inlet, near Point
Lookout .long a graveyard for
coastwise ships. She is believed to
have lost her bearings in the heavy
fog last night.
Woman Beaten and
Robbed; Son Kidnaped
by Men in Uniform
By Associated Press
Atlantic City, N. J., Dec. 13.—Mrs.
James Blake, of this city, was at
tacked and robbed of a handbag last
night by two colored men in soldiers'
uniform, and her flve-year-old son,
who was with her at the time, is be
lieved by the police to have been kid
naped by her assailants The at
| tack took place in Ventnor, where
Mrs. Blake and her son had been vis
iting friends. They were about to
beard a trolley car when the negroes
sprang from shrubbery along the
sidewalk. One of them seized Mrs.
Blake by the throat and she fainted.
The other man took he child and
when Mrs. Blake regained coneious
noss the negroes and the boy had dis
appeared.
Would Abolish Colored
Lights as Signals on
Railways of the State
Abolition of the familiar red. blue,
green and yellow lights as signals on
the railways in Pennsylvania to-day
was recommended to the Public Ser
vice Commission by John P Dohoney,
chief of the bureau of accidents.
Substitution of lighted signal arms
are suggested as the best means of
directing trains The colored lamps
on misty nights are often indis
tinguishable, Mr Dohoney reports, and
are responsible for a number of rear
end collisions.
FIGHTING TURKS
Salotiikl, Friday, Dec. 12.—Greek
soldiers and Turkish irregulur troops;
have engaged in scattering skirmish
es during the Into couple of days in
Western Asia Minor, according to atr
official statement issued at army
headquarters here
Fair and Cold
Washington. Dec. 13.—Weuthw
predictions for the week begin- j
n'ng Monday issued by the !
Weather Bureau to-day are:
North and Middle Atlantic ]
States: Cold and generally fair.
COMMUTERS ARE
BRUISED WHEN
TRAINS CRASH
Lvkens Accommodation Col
lides Willi Engine in Pas
senger Station
Scores of passengers aboard D.vkens
Valley accommodation were slightly
cut and bruised this morning shortly
after 9 o'clock when the train and
a "light" engine crashed in a head
on collision at the entrance to the
train shed at Union Station.
Boiled in Aisles
; The accommodation was slowly
Isteaming into the shed and the pas
sengers were crowded into the aisles
iind vestibules preparatory to alight
ing. The shock of the collision roll
| and tossed them through the
! aisles. None was se usly injured.
No Evidence of Panic
! Neither engine was badly damaged
land both were able to move to the
: cnginehouse under their own power,
j The accommodation was filled with
| upper-end commuters and shoppers,
and according to passengers, 110
evidence of panic or hysteria
was shown at any time.
Official reports of this accident
: give no explanation as to the cause.
! At the local office of the Superintend
ent of the Philadelphia division, it
I was said that Train No. 8510, known
|as Lykens accommodation, east
| bound with engine No. 1960, W. V.
| Jones, engineer, was signalled to
1 enter the station over No. 4 track.
'Through some unknown cause the
I train was run on No. 0 track, 011
1 which was an empty engine, No.
| 3307.
There was a head-on collision, due
to the fact that the passenger train
was running very slowly, as En
gineer Jones was handicapped by a
heavy fog and steam from other en
gines. Only the engine pilots were
damaged. Engineer Jones had lii 3
train almost stopped when the col
lision occurred.
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4> LODGE WANTS WILSON TO SUGGEST
t COMPROMISE PROPOSALS TO SENATE
& Washington. Charging that President Wilson
<v
t n v/as "perfectly immovable," in urging unreserved Tatifi
, 5 cation of the Treaty of Versailles, Senator Lodge, of
* * Massachusetts, the Republican leader, told the Senate
e
k to-day the President should present proposals for a com
® * promise. He promised that the Republicans would give
4$ them careful consideration.
J* PREMIERS SUMMON U. S. AMBASSADOR
London—John W. Davis, the American ambassador,
•- late to-day visited Downing street where Premiers Lloyd
i? ■ ■
, t George and Clemenceau and their advisers were in con-
J J ference. It was reported that Ambassador Davis' pres
* * cnc? was connected with proposals submitted from the
£
w conference to President Wilson yesterday, which were
j „ !to render the Peace Treaty acceptable to general
* * .iblic opinion in the United States.
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< WILSON ABLE TO WALK WITH AID OF CANE
t t Washington. President Wilson, is now permitted
| J to walk about his room and along the adjoining hall for
I* r a short time each day, Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson,
!| I his physician, announced to-day. The President, the
4ai doctor said, dresses himself and with the aid of a cane
walks unattended.
A
ENY INTENT TO END STEEL STRIKE
I * Washington. Denial that the meeting here to-day
- of the steel workers' strike committee was called for the
purpose of ending the steel strike was made to-day
* by John Fitzpatrick, chairman, after the committee had
A
A met He said the strike had been discussed but not
A
V ui. . what line the discusion had taken.
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:: MARRIAGE LICENSES
-i Mmi rice Hovrrtrr and Ilulh I'alnr. llnrrlaburici noy F. Ilammr
, Sterlton, and Annul'.. McC'nhnn, Ipnhnuti Knrl Mrbue. Harrln
T k". rK, ." n /? V" • Ho-Lebn. C'lrdm ™, David IN. Vonn K . Merlon, an
At Minnie <.rrlner, MiislrrmllU'i Suinu.l l„ Hooka, and Anno Kuitl
y lto> niton.
BUDGET MUST BE
PARED DOWN TO
STOP TAX BOOST
Increase of Three Mills Nec
essary if All Appropria
tions Arc Made
A C LION IS DEFERRED
15)20 Figures Total $1,125,-
000 in Tentative
Form
Appropriations asked by all
city departments to be provided
in the 1920 budget ordinance to
tal $1,125,000, it was said to-day
in city official circles.
Councilmen met last night and
submitted their estimates of
proposed expenditures for next
I year. To grant all the requests
I would necessitate an increase of
; three mills in the present tax
! rate of ten mills.
Kxpcct llig Cut
An approximate estimate of avail
i able revenue for 1920 was made.
| Continuing the present tax rate of
I ten mills would provide $940,000,
I about $20,000 less than this year,
i because no money will be received
I from liquor licenses and less from
I lines and forfeitures next year. At
ill mills $1,003,000 wilt be avail
i able, at 12 mills $1,066,000, and at
I 13 mills 1,129,000.
No action was token last night on
■ any of the items submitted. In all
| the larger bureaus increases are
: found, it is said. The next meeting
] of the Commissioners will be Tues-
I day evening, and it is understood
■ that the Councilmen will begin par
; ing some of the requests th(jn.
ItEFISKS TO 111 V PI.YIXO Kllil.ll
By Associated Press
Washington. Dec. 13. —The provis
ion in the army camp appropriation
bill for purchase of the Dayton-
Wright airplane plant and adjoining
fields at Dayton, Ohio, fir $2,740,228,
finally was eliminated to-day by the
House, which voted 159 to 152 to con
firm its previous tentative action.